Published 13:21 IST, August 22nd 2019
Pakistan the source, Trump tells India to fight terror in Afghanistan
Donald Trump said that the job against terrorist is being done only by the United States some 7,000 miles away
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Countries like India, Iran, Russia and Turkey would have to fight against terrorist in Afghanistan at some point of time, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, ruing that job against terrorist is being done only by United States some 7,000 miles away.
Donald Trump said that or nations currently are making very less efforts against terrorists in Afghanistan.
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"At a certain point Russia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey y are going to have to fight ir battles too. We wiped out caliphate 100 per cent. I did it in record time but at a certain point all of se or countries where ISIS is around y have been decimated by way, bly decimated," Trump told reporters at White House while responding to a question on reemergence of ISIS in Afghanistan.
"All of se countries are going to have to fight m because do we want to stay re for ar 19 years? I don't think so. So, at a certain point or countries and that includes Russia and it includes Iran and Turkey and Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan and India," he said.
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Trump's comments came a day after he indicated that US forces will t completely withdraw from warn-torn Afghanistan and America will have "somebody re" to make sure that Taliban does t regain control.
Trump said that US was fighting terrorists in Afghanistan despite being 7,000 miles away while India and Pakistan were t doing so even after being next door. "Look, India is right re. y are t fighting it. We are fighting it. Pakistan is right next door. y are fighting it very little. Very, very little. It's t fair. United States is 7,000 miles away," Donald Trump said.
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Trump said that US under him has decimated ISIS. "We haven't been hearing much about ISIS. We took caliphate 100 per cent. When I took it at 98 per cent I said all right, maybe we go home w, let se or countries in. Everyone went crazy. y said do 100 per cent. y said it was going to take a year. It took me a month and y are gone," he said.
Asserting that caliphate is gone, he said US is holding thousands of ISIS fighters right w and Europe has to take m. And if Europe doesn't take m, Trump said, he will have choice but to release m into countries from which y came which is Germany and France.
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"We beat m. We captured m. We've got thousands of m and w as usual our allies say, , we don't want m even though y came from France and Germany and or places. So we're going to tell m and we have alrey told m take se prisoners that we've captured because United States is t going to put m in Guantanamo for next 50 years and pay for it," Donald Trump said
12:34 IST, August 22nd 2019